So last week, we covered a portion of the baseline Monk abilities in the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion. This week, we’ll be digging a little deeper into the tanking spec of the Monk class, the Brewmaster and looking over some of the signature
< In his Debut appearance, please welcome Dellingr, Tankhard Author!!! Dellingr has been a prominent name on the official World of Warcraft warrior and tanking forums for a good portion of the cataclysm expansion. His guide has been
Hello everyone! Over the past several years Tankhard.com has existed primarily as World of Warcraft blog, providing a range of material that has touched on all aspects of the role. In that time, we’ve seen a lot of change come to the community,
Well now, isn’t there just a ton of Mists of Pandaria information floating around out there? If you’re like me, I’m sure that you’re a little bit overwhelmed but worry not! We’ll get you up to speed on the latest tanking
So with the NDA on the Mists of Pandaria expansion lifted, a LOT of information is floating around out there on the net for the hungry masses. So what’s out ther that we should be concerned about? As mentioned in a previous article, one of the big
Witness the signs of the coming apocalypse. There are no more content patches planned to be released in the current iteration of the game. The rate of subscribers deciding to take a break until the next expansion is released to sort of give themselves
Do you dare to look different? You know, with the inclusion of the new (now fairly old!) Transmogrification system, I’m kind of surprised by the fact that I still see people wandering around showing the fairly bland and generic armor sets that Blizzard
To keybind or not to keybind. At the end of the day, the answer’s pretty simple isn’t it? When you bind your abilities, as many of them you can to keys, it can do a lot of things for you during the course of your adventures in Azeroth. Primarily,
In the aftermath of all of the boss strategies and the hopeful fall of Deathwing I think that we need a bit of a break away from all of the seriousness. Let’s take a step away from all of the serious topics and maybe even take half a step away from
Sorry for the huge delay but a slew of computer problems kept things nice and hectic at the start of the week! …But who cares! Anyway, when we left off last week, we were all knee deep in tentacles, tentacles, tentacles and some corruptions with
Alright, so we’re finally here, sitting there facing the last boss of the expansion. As you can probably imagine, being the final boss of the expansion, it’s a very complex fight and there’s an awful lot going on at once. It can be
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Last week, we spoke of the components that make up the fight atop Deathwing’s spine so now we’ll push onto how these elements come together to make up the fight. At the start of the encounter, the group will want to kill off three
Moving onto the big bad himself of the expansion, we come at last to some of the most interestingly designed encounters of the expansion and perhaps the game. The fight with Deathwing will last through two entire boss encounters at the end of the Dragon
Welcome to Warmaster Blackhorn! Engaging with this encounter will remind you a lot of the airship battle from way back in Icecrown Citadel. Similar to that fight, one of the big things that you need to watch out for is that the ship that you’re
We come to Ultraxion, the fifth fight in the Dragon Soul raid instance. This is a fight that follows a fairly stable formula throughout with only a few small quirks to mar the simplicity. The fight swaps in and out between the Twilight realm and the regular
Heading into the fourth boss of the Dragon Soul raid encounter, we run into a fight that’s kind of fun if everyone’s on the same page but can be incredibly frustrating if that’s not the case. The problem is that while she has a number
Yikes. As we move onto the third boss of the Dragon Soul raid encounter, we really see them rachet up the complexity of the fights to a startling degree. You’d think that they’d give us at least one more boss to acclimitize or something! But
Welcome back to our happy little romp through the Dragon Soul raid instance. Hopefully, we’ve all had the chance to mop the floor with Morchok a little bit and maybe even land a kill? In any case, we’ll be moving straight along to the second
Finally stepping foot into the Dragon Soul raid instance, we start now with the first boss of the encounter which is Morchok. All in all, this first boss of the dungeon is a fairly easy one, especially given that most of us will be coming off of the more
To craft and BoE? Or not to craft and BoE? That is the question that we really must ask. With all of the fancy new gear out, not to mention the new dungeons, raids, Darkmoon Faire and the kitchen sink on top of it all coming out to play, it can be a bit
So with the upcoming content patch about to drop, I’m sure that a lot of us are just raring to go. Are you all set to invade the Dragon Soul and punch Deathwing in the face? …If you didn’t catch that reference, there’s a
So addressing the question above, why ARE you still tanking? Do you ever stop to think about it? Maybe wonder about the purpose and reason for why it is that you do what you do? Maybe you should take an afternoon to consider it, you know, head over to
So for those sitting around in Stormwind or Orgrimmar bored out of their wits, fear not for the Darkmoon Fair is making a comeback with a vengeance. If you’ve been to the Darkmoon Fair before, you’re probably brushing off the announcement
Welcome to the World of Warcraft class balance and design Q&A! We have our entire class design team here today to answer your questions! Hi, I’m Bashiok. Myself and Zarhym are here to run the show. Say hello Zarhym! Xelnath: Lok’tar!
So…pandas huh? Who saw that one coming? With the release of the new expansion, I’m sure that most, if not all, of us will end up picking it up and immersing ourselves in the world and the lore behind the pandaren. As with the Wrath of the
As it’s been a fair while since we’ve last touched on the topic, it seems about the right time to return for another look at macros and their applications when used during tanking a difficult (or farmed!) encounter. Revisiting some old points,
As it’s been a fair while since we’ve last touched on the topic, it seems about the right time to return for another look at macros and their applications when used during tanking a difficult (or farmed!) encounter. Revisiting some old points,
With the 4.3 patch looming just over the horizon, I hope that you guys have taken advantage of the interim to stockpile your supply a gold just a tad as there’s something coming out with this expansion which will need a fair bit of it. Epic gems
With the 4.3 patch looming just over the horizon, I hope that you guys have taken advantage of the interim to stockpile your supply a gold just a tad as there’s something coming out with this expansion which will need a fair bit of it. Epic gems